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News: May 2009
Cosmic rays offer clue to lightning
Jun 5, 2009 9 comments
Tracking cosmic rays in a thunderstorm may explain how lightning occurs, say physicists
Quantum physicist scoops top French award
Jun 4, 2009
Serge Haroche receives gold medal from French national research council
Laser boosts light bulb efficiency
Jun 3, 2009 7 comments
We can make incandescent bulbs 100% efficient, say researchers
Ultra cold atoms help share quantum information
Jun 2, 2009
New technique could be used to transmit quantum data along optical fibres
Sweden wins race to host next-generation neutron source
May 29, 2009 2 comments
The €1.48bn European Spallation Source to be built in Lund
New method to seek life-supporting exoplanets
May 28, 2009 1 comment
Study using Deep Impact probe links shifting colours to water
Particle Physics - It Matters, say UK policy makers
May 28, 2009 5 comments
Report details the economic and social benefits of particle physics
Obama nominates new NASA boss
May 27, 2009 5 comments
Former astronaut Charles Bolden picked for role of administrator
Modellers predict doubly bad global warming
May 22, 2009 11 comments
Business-as-usual will cause temperature rise of 5.2° by 2100, warn MIT scientists
Mountains on neutron stars could boost gravitational wave detection
May 21, 2009 10 comments
'Starquake' simulations reveal immense strength of a neutron star’s crust
Data storage enters the 'fifth dimension'
May 20, 2009 8 comments
Optical data storage over one terabit per cubic centimetre possible, say researchers
Austria performs U-turn over CERN pull-out
May 19, 2009 3 comments
Chancellor overrules science minister to stay in CERN
'Knowledge engine' hits the Web
May 18, 2009 4 comments
Wolfram Alpha helps you stop electrons, but comes up short on quantum physics
Do satellite galaxies point to modified gravity?
May 16, 2009 30 comments
Dwarfs don't seem to contain dark matter
Bright white light from organic LEDs
May 14, 2009 7 comments
Physicists switch on energy efficient light bulb made from organic phosphor
Antarctic input to rising oceans 'overestimated'
May 14, 2009 6 comments
Study halves previous estimates of western Antarctic ice sheet’s contribution to sea-level rise
Europe launches cosmic explorers
May 14, 2009 2 comments
Herschel and Planck satellites to investigate the early universe
Astronauts set to upgrade Hubble
May 12, 2009 5 comments
New instruments will study universe 500 million years after the Big Bang
Nano-lamp illuminates quantum-classical boundary
May 12, 2009 8 comments
Filament is just 100 atoms wide
Austrian physicists protest at CERN pull-out
May 11, 2009 42 comments
Online petition started as up to 170 particle physicists could be affected
Large graphene samples could boost carbon electronics
May 11, 2009 1 comment
New growth technique uses copper
Nano-box breaks size records
May 8, 2009 1 comment
DNA origami makes smallest box – and largest self-assembled structure
Worldwide quantum security
May 7, 2009
Physicists demonstrate feasibility of satellite-based quantum cryptography
Kondo effect spotted in tiny magnetic wires
May 7, 2009
Magnetism disappears in atomic-scale contacts
Water dance enhances microbial reproduction
May 7, 2009
Common algae use fluid dynamics to improve effectiveness of mating
‘Chorus’ generates mystery space hiss
May 7, 2009
Physicists trace the origin of protective radio waves
UK research council backtracks on funding ban
May 5, 2009 1 comment
New rules will limit, not exclude, future applicants
Rolled-up metamaterial could act as hyperlens
May 1, 2009
Swiss-roll-like structure could boost resolution of optical microscopes